Game set to bring top Kentucky basketball targets to town is canceled

11:49 PM,
Feb. 20, 2013

Montverde Academy's Dakari Johnson.

Written by

Steve Jones
| The Courier-Journal

The March 3 prep school basketball game between Montverde (Fla.) Academy, which features University of Kentucky commitment Dakari Johnson; and Huntington (W.Va.) Prep, which has top-ranked prospect/UK target Andrew Wiggins; has been canceled, according to game organizer Clay Dade.

The matchup of two of the nation's best teams was part of the Red State-Blue State Series created in order to feature recruiting targets of UK and Louisville.

Dade wrote in an email Wednesday morning that the cancellation is due to the inability to find a title sponsor to cover the cost of using Freedom Hall. ...